Rashid Khan Returns As Afghanistan Announce Take a look at Squad For Zimbabwe Sequence

Star Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is ready to play his first Take a look at match since March 2021 because the Afghanistan Cricket Board on Monday introduced the squad for the two-match Take a look at sequence towards Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. Rashid hasn’t performed red-ball cricket for his nation since he took on Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi in March 2021, however the 26-year-old is ready to return towards the identical opposition after he was included in an 18-player squad for the sequence that commences on December 26.

Whereas a veteran of greater than 200 white-ball matches for Afghanistan, Rashid has performed simply 5 Assessments all through his distinguished profession for a complete of 34 wickets at a median of twenty-two.35.

Rashid’s return highlights an Afghanistan squad that options seven uncapped gamers, with top-order batter Sediqullah Atal, quick bowling all-rounder Ismat Alam and left-arm spinner Zahir Shehzad amongst these aiming to win a primary Take a look at cap in Africa.

Afghanistan interim chief selector Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil was thrilled to welcome Rashid again to the Take a look at fold and believes the squad are well-placed to carry out with aplomb towards Zimbabwe.

“Rashid Khan returns to the Take a look at squad, which is a promising signal for our purple ball recreation going ahead. The remainder of the group underwent good preparations not too long ago in Nangarhar province, which featured 19 gamers and all of the assist workers to work with the gamers and guarantee full preparation for the sequence,” Ahmad Shah stated as quoted by the ICC.

“We now have completely monitored the proceedings and have picked the squad which incorporates a number of new faces, together with Ismat Alam, Bashir Ahmad, and Zahir Shehzad, who’ve carried out effectively in the course of the latest Ahmad Shah Abdali FC Event,” the selector added.

Sequence schedule:

First Take a look at: December 26-30, Bulawayo.

Second Take a look at: January 2-6, Bulawayo.

Afghanistan Take a look at squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Ikram Alikhail (wk), Afsar Zazai (wk), Riaz Hassan, Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah Mahboob, Ismat Alam, Azmatullah Omarzai, Zahir Khan, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Zahir Shehzad, Rashid Khan, Yamin Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Naveed Zadran, Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Nasir Jamal, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai.

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